The Frankfort Panthers will face off against the Shelby County Rockets at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Last Thursday, Frankfort came up short against Woodford County and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky soccer rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, Shelby County had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.7 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They skirted past the Bearcats 2-1.
Cale Schmidt and
Cameron Whitis scored both of Shelby County's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 28 goals.
This is the second loss in a row for Frankfort and nudges their season record down to 9-5-2. As for Shelby County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season.
Everything went Frankfort's way against Shelby County in their previous meeting back in August of 2022, as Frankfort made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Frankfort repeat their success, or does Shelby County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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